Monthly Archives: December, 2012

DT CEO Obermann to be replaced by Höttges at end of 2013

T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom announced that CEO Rene Obermann will leave the company effective Dec. 31, 2013. Obermann has been at the...

RIM fees from carriers under pressure

Research In Motion lost less money than expected during the third quarter, but analysts were disappointed once they got a closer look at the...

Time Trippin’: Defining ‘smart phones’ and looking ahead … 16 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to...

Telefónica Argentina to invest $2B in 2013-14

The Argentinean unit of Spain-based carrier, Telefónica, announced that it will invest about $2.042 billion (10,000 million pesos) over the two-year period of 2013-2014....

IDC: Brazil’s mobile phone sales down 15.3% in Q3; feature phones slide

The sales of mobile phones in Brazil decreased 15.3% in the third quarter of 2012 over the same period last year, according to a...

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA jump on expansion bandwagon

The race to meet year-end network expansion goals continued this week as Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA both announced greater coverage from their respective...

Carriers to invest more in infrastructure in 2013

Telecom infrastructure spending is projected to bounce back in the year ahead, with investment in North America and Asia driving growth. Infonetics Research is...

7 set for UK’s LTE auction

United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom released the names of seven companies qualified to participate in the government’s upcoming auction of spectrum licenses designed to...

Hesse’s 5-year ride on the Sprint Nextel roller coaster

Few wireless companies over the past five years have provided more fodder for news than Sprint Nextel, a time frame that is also the...

Samsung expands iPhone processor foundry

Samsung is moving forward with plans to invest $3.9 billion in the Texas chip foundry that makes the processors for the iPhone, despite reports...

Qualcomm Brazil develops tablet reference design, technology for manufacturers

Qualcomm’s tablet strategy is becoming clearer. The company set up a research and development engineering center in Brazil to develop tablet designs and technologies...

Virgin Mobile set to launch Colombian MVNO, secures $14M in funding

Virgin Mobile Latin America Inc. (VMLA) closed a second debt funding agreement with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to fund its...

AT&T gains FCC support for AWS, WCS spectrum deals

AT&T Mobility added to its spectrum bundle, gaining government approval for control over a number of 1.7/2.1 GHz and 2.3 GHz spectrum licenses from...

The smart grid opportunity for service providers

As wireless service providers look for new revenue opportunities, the smart grids being planned by utilities in North America and Europe are receiving more...

Google apps target iPhone users

Three out of four smartphones shipped last quarter were running Google's Android operating system, while just 15% ran Apple's iOS, and yet Google has...

Analyst Angle: MVNOs and mobile broadband across Latin America

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics...

SAP pushes mobility with latest MDM solution

As mobility becomes a key driver for SAP's future growth, the German enterprise software giant is focusing on improving its mobile device management solution,...

Cisco to enhance policy control with BroadHop acquisition

Cisco Systems has taken a deeper step in policy control and service management technology for carrier networks. The company announced yesterday its intent to...

‘Iphone’ running Android hits the market in Brazil

Brazilian manufacturer Gradiente said this week it has started to sell a new line of smartphones using Google’s Android operating system under the name...

AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel expand LTE

Just ahead of the holidays, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel announced expansions of their respective LTE networks, with AT&T Mobility adding or expanding service...

American Tower Webinar: The Benefits of Infrastructure Sharing

The webinar will address the operational and financial benefits of sharing wireless infrastructure. Specifically, participants will learn how operators can monetize non-core assets, save...

Chipmakers fight for China’s smartphone market

Chipmakers on both sides of the Pacific are fighting hard for spots inside the millions of smartphones that are being designed, manufactured and sold...

FCC lays out rules for Dish spectrum, H-Band auction

The Federal Communications Commission laid out rules for spectrum recently approved for use by Dish Networks, including build out requirements, as well as rules...

Patent wars: Apple wins one, loses one

Saying that companies should compete in the marketplace rather than in court, Samsung today withdrew its requests for sales bans of some Apple (AAPL)...

Reality Check: Telecom operators should capitalize on expected smart home growth

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...
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